Improved moulds for making steawbebby-eipenees



CLARK-JIL'LSON, oF WORCESTER, MAssAQI-IUSETTS.

I LetteragPatent No. 79,659, dated July 7,1868.

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KNOW A LL BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, CLARK JILLSON, of the city and county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements' in Moulds forMaking Strawberry-Ripeners', and I do hereby declare that thel following isa full, clear,` and exact description of the same,.referencel being 4had to the accom-A panying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in whic Figure 1 represents "a perspective view of my improved mould.

Figure Q'represents a verticalcentral section, and l Y i v Figure 3 represents a side View of a part of the mould', al portion ofthe'outer shell being broken'away, to show the elevating-cams.

'.lo enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make' and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in dtail;

In the drawings, A represents the base upon which thelower part, B, ofthe mould rests. A central stem, C, extends up from the part A, while a series of cams, D, is arranged upon itsupper side, and'near the periphery thereof, as indicated inthe drawings. 4

The lower part, B, of the mould is provided with a series of cams, E, to correspond in shape with the cams D.

A.'ilange, a, projects down upon the outside ofthe cam, E, as'showniri 2, whereby, when the partsA; and B are arranged and placed together, as shown i`n tig. 1, ilange ares'ts upon the outer edge of the base, A,

thereby covering and protecting both series of cams E and D, (see iig. l.) v The stem C projects through a hole in the lower part, B, of the 1nould,'an`d also intoa recess or hole, b, on the piston, F, the face, c, of which is made convex, to fit the concave surface, d, of the part'B, its vertical sides e fitting the vertical sidesf of the part B, as fully indicated in iig. 2 of the drawings. I

The neck G, of the. piston F, is provided with a flange, H, which may' be provided with holes; for the purpose of fastening` the same to an elevating and depressing-rod or arm. v

The operation is ns follows:A The piston F being elevated so as to clear the upper face I, of the part B, a suiicient quantity of vmolten glass to form one of my strawberry-ripeners, for which Letters Patent have been granted to me, is placed in the matrix, o r'concaved part, d, of the part B, when pistonF is depressed, thereby pressing the glass, g, evenly around the stem C, and over the entire concaversurface d, and slightly up the vertical sidesf of the part B, as fully indicated in iig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.

As soon as the glass has been pressed into the proper form,`the operator takes hold of arm J, which prof jects from the part B, and turns it to the right, thereby running the'series of cams E up the inclined faces of the stationary cams D, whereby the part B, and moulded glass-ripener g will be elevated, as shownv in red lines,

g. 2, the piston F, in the mean time, being raised in any proper manner, to permit of such elevation lof" the parts B and g. Y

By the above operatiomtlie moulded-glass Yripener gis loosened from the stem C, and raised before it becomes too much cooled, and contracted to the upper part thereof, which is made slightly tapering, or smaller than it is at the point where the glas-s encircles'it when first pressed into form. The lower part, A, of the mould, may bc fastened permanently to a bench or-table, or it may be held by an aim, K, during the operation of raising the part B, as above explained.

With a mould constructed as above explained, myglass strawberry-ripener may be pressed and removed very expeditiously, and without liability of being broken. Having described my improved mould for pressingand making glass strawberry-ripeners, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Y 1. The. combination, withthe base,'A, stem-C, and series of cams D, of theconcaved and perforated part B, and series of cams E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. l

2. The combination, with the parts lettered A, B, C, D, and E, of the convex and recessed piston F, said parts being constructed and arranged for operation, substantially as and for the' purposes set forth,v l. o. JILLsoN.

Witnesses:

Tnos. H. Denon, D. L. MILLER. 

